Dreyer Tree » Emmerenzia Jacomina Dreyer (1889-????)

Birthday September 1, 1889

• The temperature on September 1, 1889 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  • May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
  • November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist († 1961)
• 1886 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor († 1957)
• 1886 » Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general († 1957)
• 1887 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet († 1961)
• 1892 » Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts († 1979)
• 1893 » Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer († 1953)